Trip to Paradise

Aloha!!!

Yesterday we took a 6 hour flight on the trail to paradise. Ellie was pretty good, and I use that term lightly. She even took an hour nap on the airplane under our feet. Once we got here we were greeted with a great surprise. Grandpa Martell was waiting for us as we walked out. He put leis on our neck and gave us an Hawaiian welcome. We sat and talked with him for over two hours. It was great.

Since then we have found our place. Played in the ocean multiple times, visited the Hawaiian temple, and watched the sun rise. We'll keep you posted, and enjoy your own paradise were ever it may be.

JEM

Mormon Battalion Time

This week we ventured out to visit Old Town, specifically the Mormon Battalion Museum. As most of you know the Church just renovated the museum, and man is it different. It is super high tech, and actually quite cool. Its like they took Harry Potter, Dances with Wolves, and Davy Crocket, put them in a blender, and poof...the Mormon Battalion. They had pictures that were alive, vibrating boxes, free old style pictures, panning for gold, and fiddling. Ellie held out through most of it, and loved panning for gold. All in all I think we found two gold nuggets and maybe another speck of gold. Also at the Mormon Battalion they had computers where you could look up your ancestors. We had a family member, Captain James Brown, who was part of the battalion. We got to see a picture of him and read all about him. He was key in helping to establish Ogden, Ut. I took some good pictures of Ellie, but I haven't loaded them onto my computer yet. I'll get them on soon enough.

JEM

Nice Dress

This week has been rather normal. Paul and his confidant Jamison came to visit us. After they left we found that we now own a swimsuit, sunglasses, and a pair of shoes. What luck! In other good news, Ellie is still as cute as ever. On Sunday she wore a wonderful dress and because nothing else exciting happened this week we will leave you with a set of wonderful pictures.

JEM

Running in the Rain

This week it rained again. It seems like our Saturdays are destined to be rained out. On Saturday it rained a ton, and because nothing is made for rain in San Diego we just stayed in the house. Then around 4ish we decided to go out to downtown San Diego. There is a nice place know as Sea Port Village, basically an out door next to the see tourist shopping center. The arrived it started to pour. Ellie was loving the rain, and laughing as Jenn ran for the closest shelter. Before long the rain stopped and we were able to have a nice time looking at random stuff.

Also, new this week Ellie has learned how to fold her arms when we pray. All we have to do is say, "Ellie, lets pray." Immediately, she will fold her arms with a big smile on her face. She continues to amaze a bring us great joy each and everyday.

Finally, I have attached a movie that a member of Elder Moyle's mission ward sent me, i think on his phone. Enjoy.

JEM